Hacker News

HackerNews enables an Agent to search Hacker News website.

​Example

The following agent will write an engaging summary of the users with the top 2 stories on hackernews along with the stories.

cookbook/tools/hackernews.py

from bitca.agent import Agent
from bitca.tools.hackernews import HackerNews

agent = Agent(
    name="Hackernews Team",
    tools=[HackerNews()],
    show_tool_calls=True,
    markdown=True,
)
agent.print_response(
    "Write an engaging summary of the "
    "users with the top 2 stories on hackernews. "
    "Please mention the stories as well.",
)

​Toolkit Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
get_top_stories	bool	True	Enables fetching top stories.
get_user_details	bool	True	Enables fetching user details.

​Toolkit Functions

Function	Description
get_top_hackernews_stories	Retrieves the top stories from Hacker News. Parameters include num_stories to specify the number of stories to return (default is 10). Returns the top stories in JSON format.
get_user_details	Retrieves the details of a Hacker News user by their username. Parameters include username to specify the user. Returns the user details in JSON format.